Last updated: 15 January 2026
This Cookie & Privacy Policy explains how BE THE WINNER LTD (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, shares and protects your personal data when you use our website https://skillbasedcompetition.co.uk/ and any related services (together, the “Site”).
1) Who We Are
Data Controller: BE THE WINNER LTD
Company number: 16914257
Registered office: 17 Ashcroft Avenue, Salford, England, M6 7DJ
Email: hello@skillbasedcompetition.co.uk
If you have questions about this policy or your personal data, contact us at the email above.
2) The Types of Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
A) Data you provide to us
- Account data: name, email address, password, username
- Contact data: email address, phone number, address
- Competition entry data: entries purchased, ticket numbers, competition selected
- Verification / eligibility data: proof of identity and address (e.g., ID documents), where needed for prize fulfilment and fraud prevention
- Communications: messages you send to us (support, complaints, queries)
B) Data we collect automatically
- Usage data: pages visited, clicks, device type, browser, referring pages
- Technical data: IP address, device identifiers, log files
- Cookie / tracker data: see section 8 below
C) Data from third parties
- Payment providers (to confirm payments and prevent fraud)
- Delivery / fulfilment partners (to deliver prizes)
- Advertising/analytics providers (if enabled, to measure and improve marketing)
3) What We Use Your Data For
We use personal data for the following purposes:
A) To provide and operate the Site
- Create and manage accounts
- Process competition entries and issue ticket numbers
- Provide customer support and handle enquiries
B) To administer competitions and deliver prizes
- Verify eligibility, identity and address where required
- Contact winners and arrange fulfilment
- Maintain records to demonstrate that competitions were administered fairly
C) To process payments and prevent fraud
- Confirm transactions
- Detect and prevent suspicious activity, misuse and abuse
D) To improve and secure the Site
- Debugging, troubleshooting, performance monitoring
- Analytics (where enabled)
E) Marketing (where permitted)
- Send newsletters and promotional messages (where you opt in or where allowed by law)
- Show relevant ads (where marketing cookies are enabled)
You can opt out of marketing at any time (see section 10).
4) Legal Bases for Processing (UK GDPR)
We process your personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:
- Contract: to provide the services you request (e.g., account creation, competition entry, prize fulfilment)
- Legal obligation: to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements
- Legitimate interests: to run and protect our business (fraud prevention, site security, service improvement)
- Consent: for optional cookies/trackers and some marketing communications
5) Sharing Your Data
We may share your personal data with:
- Service providers who help us operate the Site (hosting, email delivery, analytics, customer messaging)
- Payment providers for processing transactions
- Prize fulfilment / delivery partners for delivering prizes (name, address, phone number where needed)
- Professional advisers (legal/accounting) where necessary
- Regulators / law enforcement where legally required (including to demonstrate a valid award took place)
We do not sell your personal data as a business model.
6) International Transfers
Some suppliers may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, we ensure appropriate safeguards are used (such as UK adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses), where required.
7) Data Retention
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, including:
- Account data: while your account remains active (and for a reasonable period afterwards if needed for disputes/fraud prevention)
- Competition records: for as long as needed to administer competitions and meet legal/regulatory requirements
- Verification documents: only as long as needed to complete checks and meet legal requirements, then securely deleted
- Support communications: retained for a reasonable period to handle queries and improve service
8) Cookie Policy
8.1 What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We also use similar technologies (pixels, tags, SDKs) (“Trackers”).
8.2 Types of cookies we use
We may use:
Strictly necessary cookies
Required to operate the Site (login, security, shopping basket, payments).
Analytics cookies (optional)
Help us understand usage and improve performance.
Functionality cookies (optional)
Remember choices like preferences.
Marketing cookies (optional)
Used to show relevant ads and measure ad performance.
8.3 Managing cookies
You can manage cookies via:
- Your browser settings; and/or
- Our cookie banner / consent tool (if enabled)
If you block all cookies, some features may not work.
9) Advertising, Analytics & Tracking Tools
We may use third-party services for analytics and advertising, such as:
- Google Analytics (analytics)
- Google Ads conversion tracking (ad measurement)
- Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Pixel (ad measurement / remarketing)
- Google Tag Manager (tag management)
Important: Only include tools you actually use. If you want, tell me your stack (Shopify/WooCommerce, Stripe, Meta ads, GA4, Klaviyo etc.) and I’ll lock this section to exactly that.
Opting out of interest-based advertising
You can opt out via:
- Your cookie preferences on our Site; and/or
- Your device settings and ad platform settings (Google/Meta).
10) Marketing Preferences
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails anytime using the unsubscribe link or by emailing us at hello@skillbasedcompetition.co.uk
Even if you opt out of marketing, we may still send service messages (e.g., entry confirmations, winner notifications, essential account messages).
11) Prize Draw Name Display (Live Draws)
To evidence that competitions are properly administered, we may display or announce a winner’s name and general location (e.g., town/city) during live draws and/or on the Site.
If you object to your name/location being displayed, you must notify us at hello@skillbasedcompetition.co.uk before the competition Closing Date.
If you object, we may still be required to provide winner information to regulators on request.
12) Verification & Responsible Participation
We may request identity and address documents before releasing a prize to:
- prevent fraud
- confirm eligibility
- protect customers and the integrity of competitions
Where documents incidentally show affordability/income indicators, we may use this strictly for integrity and safety checks (not marketing).
13) Your Data Protection Rights
You have rights under UK GDPR, including:
- Access your personal data
- Rectify inaccurate data
- Erase your data (in certain cases)
- Restrict processing (in certain cases)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Data portability (in certain cases)
- Withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent)
To exercise rights, contact hello@skillbasedcompetition.co.uk We normally respond within one month.